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Carrington
appointed as CBBC's Head of Acquisitions
 CBBC
Controller, Dorothy Prior, today (Monday 27 October) announced the
appointment of former BBC executive Michael Carrington
as Head of Acquisitions, CBBC.
Carrington
returns to CBBC after spending four years as Head of Television
& New Media at independent production company Create TV &
Film Limited.
Announcing Carrington's appointment, CBBC Controller Dorothy Prior,
said: "I'm delighted Michael is joining us. This is one of
the most important jobs in children's television and it's probably
the only role that could tempt Michael away from Create.
"He
has a thorough knowledge of the children's market place and considerable
experience of buying and co-producing both live action and animation.
"He
will be a huge asset to our senior team and I'm confident he will
acquire the very best children's programming to complement our home-grown
output."
Carrington,
a co-founder of Create TV & Film, is responsible for providing
creative, editorial and managerial leadership across the company's
programming and new media activities.
He
is co-Executive Producer on the company's Little Robots, the successful
pre-school currently transmitting on CBeebies.
As
CBBC's Deputy Head of Acquisitions from 1993 to 1999, Carrington
was responsible for acquiring a wide range of programming including
The Wild Thornberries (MTV Networks), Round the Twist IV (Australian
Children's Television Foundation) and Sweet Valley High (Saban).
Carrington
also formulated the initial strategy for the BBC's two digital channels,
CBBC and CBeebies, in consultation with the then Deputy Director
of Television, David Docherty.
Carrington
said: "I'm very much looking forward to returning to CBBC.
This has always been my dream job and while ideally I would have
preferred to stay at Create, the offer of one of the top jobs in
British children's television is one that I could not turn down."
Michael
Carrington is due to take up his new post in January 2004. He will
take over from Theresa Plummer-Andrews who is due to retire next
year.
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